Tradition
St. Ignatius of Loyola
Spiritual Exercises
The Mysteries of the Life of Christ Our Lord › Of the Circumcision
OF THE CIRCUMCISION
St. Luke writes in the second Chapter [21].
First Point. First: They circumcised the Child Jesus.
Second Point. Second: “His Name was called Jesus, which was called by the Angel, before He was conceived in the womb.”
Third Point. Third: They gave back the Child to His Mother, who had compassion for the Blood which came from her Son.
Source: Spiritual Exercises (CCEL)